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Chapter 146 Captured
When besieging a city, it is common sense in the art of war to prevent the enemy's elite from leaving the city to attack.

However, Wang Xuba, who rose up so boldly, obviously didn't understand this truth. He was attacked by Li Chongjiu's armored cavalry before, and he had seen how powerful the Sui army's armored cavalry was, but this time he still didn't take precautions.
Jia Qi went out of the city and everything went smoothly, the only shortcoming was that a few large wooden hammers left on the ground when the bandits attacked the city before slightly hindered the speed of the horse.

The armored cavalry in the city rushed out, and cut everyone they met.

The thieves at the city gate were overwhelmed by the horses, and they fell under the sword, or were hit by the horses and flew high.

It is simply impossible for these ragged thieves to resist the armored cavalry armed to the teeth.

In just a few dozen steps, Li Chongjiu led the armored cavalry to fight out without any effort at all.

The siege thieves in the front were already exhausted. After dozens of people were killed, the whole line collapsed.

Seeing the armored cavalry approaching, the supervisor team also began to flee.

"Protect the ballista!"

"Protect the ballista!"

Among the thieves, there are some people who are proficient in the art of war. They know that with less than fifty armored cavalry, they can't move an army of tens of thousands of people. The opponent's target is the ballista.

So two rows of shield sword soldiers gathered in front of the ballista.

These shield sword soldiers are not ordinary, they are all holding iron shields in their hands.The long knife in his hand was sharp, not the rusty kitchen knife of ordinary thieves.

The bandits also knew the importance of crossbows. Apart from Wang Xuba's own soldiers, this was the only place where they had two hundred swordsmen.

When the armored cavalry saw the shield soldiers entering the battle, they didn't rush forward, and the back row came forward with long weapons.Xi Ren has always been accustomed to using a mace and a big wooden stick. Now, with the speed of the horsepower, he smashed it on the iron shield, like knocking a big gong, and the impact made a loud bang.

Many thieves holding shields had their arms broken by the force of hundreds of catties.

And the shield soldiers of the thieves were not the ones waiting to be captured, they used their iron shields to block the cavalry's blows, and they were all cats lying on their bodies, turning their knives to chop the horse's hooves.

The horse's hoof was chopped off by the knife, and the armored cavalry fell from the horse in embarrassment. The opponent's shield soldier stepped forward, chopped off with the knife, and chopped into meat.

After the two sides hacked at each other for a while, Wang Xu pulled out the flag and made it flip.

The two or three thousand thieves who retreated across the entire line of the siege retreated like frightened birds.Two or three thousand thieves were forced to retreat by fifty armored cavalry, which can be regarded as humiliating.

After the response, at this time, nearly ten thousand fresh troops from the rear of the bandits stepped forward, ready to rescue the ballista.
At this time, among the city gates, the fifty armored cavalry from the rear had just squeezed out of the city gate, and all of them arrived after forming a team.

Li Chongjiu gritted his teeth, immediately urged the horses, and rushed towards the direction of the ballista. All the four-faced armored cavalry also mounted and drove forward together, forming a triangular formation of cavalry.

The horses are fighting hard, as if they are like thunder in summer.

Just hearing a bang, I saw a scene of people turning their backs on their backs.

At present, more than a dozen war horses slammed into the sword and shield formation alive, smashing a gap in the opponent's formation.

And the following cavalrymen, holding big knives and maces, followed the gap, smashing with knives and sticks.

As soon as a gap was opened in the formation of the shield army, sabers and sticks were cut down in all directions along with the gap, and the horses collided, knocking people into the air far away.

The shield army of the thieves finally couldn't resist, and the cavalry's impact force dropped their shields and knives and fled in all directions.
"Destroy, no, destroy two ballistas, and drag the other two ballistas back to the city!" Li Chongjiu ordered loudly.

This winch crossbow is a sharp weapon of the Sui Dynasty, and there are not many in Hejun, so Li Chongjiu changed his decision immediately.

Following Li Chongjiu's order, the armored cavalry chopped off the rear of the horse with the back of their knives.

After suffering the pain, the horse ran hard, and Jia rode aside to catch up with the horse, and let it carry the ballista into the city gate.As for the other two beds, the armored cavalry swung their sticks and slammed their knives at the carts. Not long after, the two ballistas turned into a pile of firewood.

But when the thieves saw that the enemy cavalry was about to enter the city, how could they miss this opportunity, and immediately shouted forward.

Li Chongjiu sneered a few times, and led the fifty armored horses around him without retreating, and went forward to kill the opponent.The thieves were running wildly to grab the city gate, but they didn't form an formation at all. When they saw the cavalry attacking aggressively, they were so shocked that they stopped immediately, raised their bamboo spears and spears, and stood still. Stand in formation and defend yourself.

The archers stepped forward one after another, and a round of arrows flew towards them, soft and powerless, like scratching an itch when they hit the iron armor.

Li Chongjiu didn't directly rush into the fight, but just circled around in a demonstration. After seeing two ballistas entering the city gate, Li Chongjiu led the armored cavalry back.

Only then did the thieves wake up like a dream, knowing that they had been tricked, they chased after the Sui army's buttocks, shouting forward to grab the city gate.

None of the fifty armored cavalry fell to the ground and entered the gate. Even the cavalrymen who had been injured and fell off their horses rescued their horses for their companions and transported them into the city.

The two city gates on the left and right that weigh several hundred catties are slowly closing under the push of eight men on each side.

The thieves seemed to see a chance, and ran forward desperately, rushing to kill the city gate.

As long as the city gates are seized, tens of thousands of troops behind them can enter continuously, and with less than [-] defenders and civilians at the city gates, they can occupy the entire city in an hour.

But at this time, there was a sound of clappers on the top of the city, fifty strong bows shot together, and the first to rush to less than [-] steps away from the city gate, more than a dozen bandits were shot to death and nailed to the ground.

Afterwards, the thieves still did not give up, and continued to charge forward, and another fifty strong bows drawn like a full moon shot towards the city.

The city gate finally closed slowly and tightly.

"More than 30 armored cavalry were damaged, two ballistas were destroyed, and two ballistas were seized."

Li Chongjiu shook his head, the loss of armored cavalry is still too great, these are his own elite, after arriving in Feihu County, more than 40 people were lost, not counting minor injuries.

But after seeing the two ballista seized, Li Chongjiu thought it was worth it after looking carefully.The twelve stone crossbows consist of three bows and one bed, with two bows in front and one behind, it is said that it can reach a distance of four hundred steps.

Regardless of whether it is convenient for field battles, the twelve-stone ballista is a sharp weapon no matter whether it is siege or defense.

After entering the city, Gao Chu ordered to move the female wall to block the part in front of the city wall that was penetrated by the ballista.

When Gao Chu saw Li Chongjiu rode his horse up the road to the city, he said sincerely, "Your Majesty is brave. If you hadn't broken the bed crossbow, this city would have been lost."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "How about the enemy army?"
Gao Chu laughed loudly, and said: "The enemy's bandits broke out early and lost at least 200 people, and another 600 people were lost when they attacked the city. Now the bed crossbow has been captured or destroyed by Lord Hou, what else is there?" Yuli."

PS: When I got up early in the morning, I found out that the light of the Great God has been claimed. Old book friends can claim it, and support happiness. Haha, thank you everyone.

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